SO MINT! Be who you want to be by Yichen Dong

»Designers in Residence«

invites young international designers to Pforzheim

»Designers in Residence« is directed towards young designers especially in the areas of jewellery, fashion, accessory and industrial design. Interdisciplinary working methods are welcome. In total there will be three scholarships for a three-month working phase at the EMMA Creative Center in Pforzheim. The scholarship holders will have access to fully equipped workshop workplaces as well as coworking desks in the EMMA Creative Center. The EMMA Creative Center is the central platform for creative people in Pforzheim. The creative center is housed on the premises of a former swimming pool designed in the art nouveau style next to the river Enz in Pforzheim. The creative center has an area of 3,000m2 and offers workshops and co-working workplaces, ateliers, offices and exhibition spaces. The town of Pforzheim is also characterized by an active creative scene which is focused on the area of design. Pforzheim University has established Pforzheim as a university town with an international reputation.

The deadline for applications is November 15, 2020.
The application can be submitted only online:
www.emma-pf.de/en/designers-in-residence/scholarship/

Stockholm Craft Week

Stockholm Craft Week – a new initiative for contemporary crafts
Aiming to acknowledge and show the potential of contemporary crafts, Konsthantverkscentrum (The Swedish Crafts Centre), Värmdö municipality and Konsthantverkarna have initiated Stockholm Craft Week. During the premiere in October 2019, the city of Stockholm and neighbouring Värmdö sparkled with openings, exhibitions, seminars, open studios, artist talks and performances to celebrate this exceptional and multifaceted field of art.

Dates: 1-4 October, 2020

Organisers: Konsthantverkscentrum, Värmdö municipality and Konsthantverkarna

Barklund&Co featuring work by Åsa Cederqvist, Benedikt Fischer, Olof, Marsja

Smyckoteket by Rian Museum featuring a ring by Adam Grinovich

June 13, 2018

“Be who you want to be” is the motto that Yichen’s collection personifies. It is her personal response to a contemporary sense of identity. Such jewellery pieces as “I am a Ring” and “I Married an Ear” are powerful stereotypes of generic jewellery forms. Defying their original uses, they augment in shape and size, so as to confound our expectations. In the process, they become what they want to be.

Text by Selene Lee BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism and Curation

Model: @its_urfetish
Photographer：@some.lovely.filth
Stylist：@_grace_gao
Hair and Makeup：@yiyi_makeuphair

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